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Alcohol and Substance Use History (PhenX)

Abbreviation

ASUH

Description

A measure to document any alcohol use, illicit drug use (e.g. illegal, more than prescribed, not prescribed), and any marijuana use. The participant is asked whether he/she has ever used alcohol and/or various substances as well as his/her age when the substance was first used. Questions are based on the PhenX Toolkit's Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Substances domain.